to establish a place that brings together RUB researchers who work in the relevant fields of climate change, climate ethics, climate economics, climate and energy policy, on the transformation of the energy industry, on energy security, and on the development of renewable energies etc.

to foster the cooperation and exchange of researchers and research groups nationally and internationally

to organize relevant lectures, workshops and conferences, and to raise the funds needed for that purpose

to initiate relevant interdisciplinary research projects and to raise the external funds they require